Proposes a new interpretation for a controversial passage ('Et construxerunt predicti Longobardi Forum Corneli et cumsumata est civitas ab eis') in Agnello Ravennate's Codex pontificalis ecclesiae ravennatis (6th c.). Suggests that Agnello's meaning is that the Lombards began the construction of Imola (then known as Forum Cornelii), and completed it. Compares this reading with archaeological and historical evidence, and examines the implications for the early Medieval history of the city. ;